On June 21, 2019 in the CCTV CCTV-15 music channel “folk song China” broadcast by the famous tenor singer Wang Hongbo, young soprano singer Huang Lu finale sang “the motherland will not forget”. This song is to sing the praises of deep in the mountains for China's aerospace industry quietly contribute to the engineers of the song, they dedicate their youth to the Republic but obscure, singing the dedication of the people's voice. Wang Hongbo's penetrating tenor and Huang Lu's elegant and atmospheric singing complemented each other with strong artistic expression and infectious power.

The combination of poetry and the art of folk vocal music

It has a special flavor.

This concert

The theme of this concert is “Singing Classic Poetry, Promoting Traditional Culture”.

It is intended to promote the excellent traditional culture of China

This is a heritage of traditional Chinese vocal music culture

July 26/27, 20:00

Baotou Grand Theater

Experience the legacy and development of traditional Chinese vocal music in an immersive setting.

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Concert Tour Introduction

The Chinese Art Songs 100 National Tour Program, which was officially launched in 2018, has achieved great repercussions. The tour aims to “promote Chinese word music culture and develop modern vocal art”. It embodies precisely the inheritance of traditional Chinese vocal music culture, and allows the majority of music lovers to enter the hall of Chinese vocal music and experience the inheritance and development of modern Chinese vocal music in an immersive environment.

The repertoire of the concert includes three types of Chinese art songs from ancient, modern and contemporary China. One can feel the return to tradition in the creations of contemporary composers. It highlights the modern transformation and innovative development of traditional culture, and also shows the stylistic changes and humanistic connotations of Chinese poetry and music in the past hundred years.

The concert is based on classic poems, Chinese vocal music as heritage, beautiful piano as a backdrop, coupled with on-site guided explanation, to dedicate an elegant and connotation, mood and aesthetic audio-visual feast.

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LU HUANG

LU HUANG

Young soprano singer.

She received her doctorate degree from the China Conservatory of Music in the Department of Voice and Opera under the tutelage of Prof. Ma Qiuhua, a renowned vocal educator. A native of Chenxi, Hunan Province, she has loved singing since she was a child. After graduating from high school, she was admitted to the China Conservatory of Music with excellent grades and obtained a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Vocal Music. In 2017, she was admitted to the China Conservatory of Music as a doctoral student in the Department of Voice and Opera with the first place in her specialty.

She is the singing principal of the China Bamboo Flute Orchestra and a member of the China Folk Vocal Art Research Society. Since childhood, she has loved and studied music, from learning to sing folk songs from different places, to singing Western operas, to studying the return of traditional poetry music and Chinese art songs, connecting the East and the West, connecting the ancient and the modern, she is a scholarly singer with in-depth theoretical and performing art research on Chinese vocal art.

Has won many awards in domestic and international professional vocal music competitions, successfully held a number of individual solo concerts and with the famous conductor Zheng Xiaoying, flute master Zhang Weiliang, singer Dai Yuqiang and many other artists, to participate in “Xiao Erhei Marriage”, “The Hurt Locker” and other operas domestic and international tours, in 2018, was invited by the Ministry of Culture of China and Europe in the five countries of the cultural exchange tour of more than ten, by the countries of the media high attention, the local media commented that: “Her singing is very meaningful, giving people more space for reverie and diving into the depths of the soul.” “Your music brings me to China, what you bring is music, what you open the heart.” “Yang Guan San Yi” breaks my impression of Chinese folk songs with a high vocal tone; she sings with deep elegance and seems to be connected to the earth.” “The singing of “Yang Guan San Yi” is impressive and very beautiful, like the sound of nature. It made us understand more about traditional Chinese culture.”

In 2011, she won the Bronze Prize in the “Verdi International Vocal Competition - China Audition”.

In 2011, she won the Silver Prize in the Vocal Professional Group of the 2nd Chinese Arts Festival in Singapore.

In 2013, she won the Gold Medal in the “Astromonti” Italian International Vocal Competition.

In August 2012, she was invited to perform in the opera “Xiao Er Hei Marriage” at the Esplanade Center in Singapore, playing the role of “District Chief”, which received unanimous praise.

In June 2017, she collaborated with the famous conductor Zheng Xiaoying to perform the opera “The Hurt Locker” at Fujian Grand Theater, playing the female lead role of “Zijun”.

In August 2018, invited by the Ministry of Culture to represent the country with the Chinese Bamboo Flute Orchestra to tour five countries in the Balkan Peninsula of Europe to carry out cultural exchanges, received unanimous praise from domestic and foreign media.

In December 2018, the world premiere of “”Good as Water“ Chinese Bamboo Flute Orchestra Ethnic Chamber Music Concert” was held in the National Grand Theatre, singing the new work of Mr. Zhang Weiliang, the master of flute and bamboo flute, “Freezing Mist”, which, as the only acoustic piece in the whole audience, became a major highlight of the concert.

In December 2018, he went to Guizhou to participate in the “Spring and Autumn” Concert of Prof. Ma Qiuhua's teachers and students.

In December 2018, she participated in the New Year's Opera Gala to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, and sang “I Love You China” with famous singer Dai Yuqiang in the finale.

In January 2019, he participated in the year-end finals of “Pear Garden Spring” and sang the theme song “China is Really Opera”, and served as a judge of the finals.

In February 2019, she participated in the “2018 Henan Economic Figures of the Year Award Gala” and sang “Towards Revival” with famous singer Dai Yuqiang in the finale.

Mr. Wang graduated from the Piano Department of China Conservatory of Music in July 2005 and received his Master's Degree in Opera Piano from the Parma Conservatory of Music in Italy. Later graduated from “Parma Conservatory of Music”, “Freni Vocal Training Institute”, and obtained the Master's Degree of Artistic Instruction of Piano and Voice in the direction of Opera from “Parma Conservatory of Music”, Italy. He has been studying and working in Italy for many years to engage in opera research, serving in the “Italian Conservatory of Music in Modena”, served as Pavarotti's former manager, Mr. Angelo's Opera Co-ordinator, and served as a member of the Chinese Vocal Music “Golden Bell Award” and the “National Young Singers' Award” for a number of times. He has been the piano accompanist of some contestants in the Chinese Vocal Music “Golden Bell Award”, “National Young Singers Competition”, “German New Voice International Vocal Competition”, etc. He has participated in the recording of Prof. Dai Yuqiang's “Singing with Dai” catechism class for many times, and has been the artistic director of some singing guests. She has participated in the recording of Prof. Dai Yuqiang's “Dai You Sing” catechism class for many times, and served as the artistic director for some of the guests. He is now a featured artist in the “Culture China - Walking the World” program of the China News Agency.

D. from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, associate professor of the Department of Music of the China Conservatory of Music, and member of the Music and Dance Committee of the Beijing Music and Dance Association. She is mainly engaged in the teaching and research of modern music history. He has published papers on music historiography, aesthetics, and harmony, as well as music criticism articles. Courses offered at the China Conservatory of Music include History of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Music, Chinese Art Songs, Musical Interpretation, and Study of Modern Chinese Harmonic Techniques.

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